Earl of Dumbarton
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Earl of Dumbarton was a peerage title in the Peerage of Scotland
created on 9 March 1675 for the younger brother of the 1st Earl of Selkirk
, Lieutenant General
Lord George Douglas. The earl was also Lord Douglas of Ettrick (Scotland, 1675) which he had as subsidiary title. By the death of 2nd Earl the titles became extinct in 1749.
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
created on 9 March 1675 for the younger brother of the 1st Earl of Selkirk
William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC , born Lord William Douglas, was the son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and his second wife Lady Mary Gordon, a daughter of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly...
, Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Lord George Douglas. The earl was also Lord Douglas of Ettrick (Scotland, 1675) which he had as subsidiary title. By the death of 2nd Earl the titles became extinct in 1749.
Earls of Dumbarton (1675)
- George Douglas, 1st Earl of DumbartonGeorge Douglas, 1st Earl of DumbartonMajor-General George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton KT was a Scottish nobleman, and soldier.-Early Life:The son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and his second wife Lady Mary Gordon daughter of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Douglas was the younger brother of the William...
(1635–1692) - George Douglas, 2nd Earl of DumbartonGeorge Douglas, 2nd Earl of DumbartonGeorge Douglas, 2nd Earl of Dumbarton was a Scottish Nobleman and soldier.-Life:The Son of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton and Anne Wheatley, Dumbarton was styled Lord Ettrick , from birth until his father's death in 1692.Growing up at the court in exile of James VII and II, Dumbarton was...
(1687–1749)